St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-29

niticent Kentucky black gelding on
Summit avenue Wednesday afternoon.
Her horse, well trained, clean limbed.
prettily marked, with heavy tail and
name, four white feet and white star in
his forehead, cantered along compla-
Gently until the lookout was reached.
The lady then diSmounted gracefully.
and letting her horse stand in charge of
a ready boy, went in to battle her lips
with some cool lemonade and enioy a
hasty view of the river-city scene. In a
short while she appeared again. as
gracefully planted herself in the saddle
and cantered off briSkly in the direction
OF the beautiful rolling land covered
with verdure, dotted with clumps of
woods, with here and there new resi-
dence, and known as Summit view,
from the grand view afforded of the nat
ural scenery of the Mississippi. Some
distance interviewed, but splendid resi-
dence and palatial pile was soon passed
until the open country was reached,
when she refined her horse to a walk
and prepared to enjoy May afternoon
to the fullnesS of unenjOined pleasure
There was no watch set upon her COM
ing and going, as indeed there should
have been none, so her peaceful and
healthy recreation ceases here. so far
as the reader is concerned, but it might
be said in passing that her cheeks bore
the rosy hue, and her black eyes were
luStrouS with the brilliance of health
and well-choSen exercise.
Three or four years ago horseback
riding was quite rage among st. Paul
ladies and gentlemen. 1t was the usual
thing to see pair-fOr ladies and gem
tlemen should go in pairs to enjoy the
sport, as the lady sometimes needs pro-
lection and attendance-lOaping along
leisurely. and drinking in the free pure
air. Now the gentlemen have taken to
bicycles, and the ladies to carriages. The
men thus get all the benefit of exercise
with not few headers, but the ladies,
whom gentlemen are supposed to adore,
must sit like mummieS in the family
carriage, while clean Shaven coach
man i'll full livery with brass buttons
and tall StOvepipe hat, handles the reins.
This is a selfish fashion, isolated, I'M
congenial and one to be sadly deplored.
A writer upon wearing apparel has
stated that fashion changes every seven
years. Were it so st. Paul must suffer
the folly of the prevailing notion
That it is not so, however, may be
granted. for, although there are few who
follow the equestrian sport, there is
strong tendency among the present
youthful and maidenly portion of this
city to get back again to the good old
days of horseback riding with its be-
coming English riding costumes, and
the merry chatter of the avenue.
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Those ladies who do ride here adhere
scrupulouSly to the flowing black gown,
but the silk hat has given away to
a bewitching little bennett to match
{l,n
fashion dictate a rage for horseback
riding, the modest habit now worn
would soon give place to cordurOyS,
serges and cashmeres of colOrs varying
from bamboo, or gray, to cadet blue,
light shade of hunters green, OF dark
red. There may come in time an at
tenuated skirt, hardly covering the
point of the little patent-leather riding
boots, which reach to the knees, a close
fitting basque, a petite round derby Or
namented with bow of black ribbon,
looking like some fairy wand,
blue or gray, like the riding
masque of the Bride of Lammermoor,
which allows the eyes to peep through
with undimmed brilliance, and two
rows of pearly teeth to play with musi-
cal words. Few ladies here wear wells
they are not afraid of their beauty
nor do they wish to cheat everybody
out of chance to get glimpse of their
rosy cheeks and delicately curved
chin. Habit, boots, whip, hat, saddle
all must be purely English. Gloves
may be of yellow, gray, black, green OF
tan, with four or five buttons, and
heavily stitched in the body with a con-
traSting shade.
There are so many pleasant spots and
drives in this city that it were a pity to
allow horse back riding to be monOpo-
lized altogether by the East. Think of
Como. Lake Phalen, Summit We've Sill
yer lake, Lake VadnaiS, the Rifle park,
the fish hatchery, Fort Smelling, the
Indian Mounds, Prospect Terrace. Sum-
NIT avenue, Ninth and Tenth streets,
Iglehart and upper st. Peter streets,
Grand avenue, Hoffman avenue, Cen
trail avenue, University avenue, and a
hundred and one others as beautiful
commanding a variety of scene and
architecture, and free from danger and
obstruction.
The Kentucky horse is the favorite
here-he is so well trained and bred: in
deed, Kentucky has the fame of pro-
ducing the best saddle horses in the
world, so much pains is there taken to
give the horse every desirable gait-pac-
ing, walking, trotting, cantering. gallop-
ing, park trOt and single-fOot. The
names of few ladies who ride are here
given. with the color of their horses:
Miss McQuillan, dark bay.
Miss Perrin, sorrel.
Miss Cakes, beautiful black Kentucky
thoroughbred.
Miss Finch, Kentucky black. white feet.
Miss Gilman, sorrel.
Mrs. Norton bay.
Mrs. CrcZier, bay.
Mrs Howell, black.
The gentlemen are very particular as
to horSefesh, and no expense will be
spared to get the best. Those who ride
habitually are:
Luther Z. Newport, big bay gelding.
j. n. Jackson, chestnut cob.
George Bigelow, dark brown.
Ambrose Tighe. light bay
VIII Rice, small dark bay mare.
DR.. Fulton, big Kentucky black.
Donald Rockwell, magnificent long Ken
lucky dark bay thoroughbred. said to be the
finest in the city.
Reuben Sloan. roam.
Champy Cook, a sorrel.
ii. B. WenZell a big black.
W. T. Peet, q dark bay.
Al B. Sibley, a Kentucky bay.
j. E. Moore, a Kentucky sorrel
Charles Borup, q big bay.
Alex Drake has several horses.
E. E. Scribner, Jr.. an iron gray
J.. +. Heinlein, Percheron dappled gray
gelding.